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bank English

Meaning bank meaning

What does bank mean?
Definitions in simple English

bank Noun

— A building where you can keep and borrow money. I have to stop at the bank to deposit my check and get money for tonight. — A safe place to store important things. blood bank sperm bank data bank — The dry sides of a river.

bank Verb

— The act of a plane turning left or right while in flight. The plane banks right to line up with the runway.

bank

— noun sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) they pulled the canoe up on the bank he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents — noun a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities he cashed a check at the bank that bank holds the mortgage on my home — noun a long ridge or pile a huge bank of earth — verb tip laterally the pilot had to bank the aircraft — verb enclose with a bank bank roads — noun an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers he operated a bank of switches — noun a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force — noun a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) — noun the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo — noun a building in which the business of banking transacted the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon — noun a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning) the plane went into a steep bank — verb be in the banking business — verb act as the banker in a game or in gambling — verb do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank Where do you bank in this town? — verb cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning bank a fire — verb (= deposit) put into a bank account She deposits her paycheck every month — verb (= trust, swear, rely) have confidence or faith in We can trust in God Rely on your friends bank on your good education I swear by my grandmother's recipes — noun (= coin bank) a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home the coin bank was empty

Synonyms bank synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as bank?

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Topics bank topics

What do people use bank to talk about?
Work and occupation Finance Have wealth

Store wealth
Universe, creation Water Bodies of water

Island, shore
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal movement
Work and occupation Working with buildings

Building
States Quality Shape Horizontal

Leaning, sloping
Language and thought Think Opinion

Believe
Daily life Fire

Tend a fire

  • What words refer to keeping a fire from going out, such as covering a fire with ashes to keep it from going out during the night?
    bank a fire
Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Steal

Conjugation bank conjugation

How do you conjugate bank?

bank · verb

Examples bank examples

How do I use bank in a sentence?

Simple sentences

There is a bank in front of the station.
There is a bank in front of the hotel.
My sister works in a bank as a secretary.
An office girl was robbed of an envelope containing 100,000 yen on her way back from the bank.
He's the president of the bank.
She works in a bank.
In front of the train station there's a bank.
The new bank is on Baker Street.
We won't be able to get to the bank before it closes.
Tom wouldn't be at the bank this time of day.
I used to work in a bank.
How much money do we have in the bank?
Tom's bank account is empty.
You can bank on that.
Bank robbery will cost you ten years in prison.
I'm looking for a bank. Is there one near here?
I've been to the bank.
Can you tell me the way to the bank?
You'll see the bank on the left hand side of the hospital.
The bank isn't open on Sundays.
The bank keeps money for people.
How late is the bank open?
Is the bank open?
I ran across an old friend near the bank.
You can get a loan from a bank.
We will make the payment by bank transfer.
The bank reassured us that our money was safe.

Movie subtitles

The old headquarters of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank used to be described as the most luxurious building between the Suez canal and the Bering Strait.
Now. why don't you make a deposit at Infidelity Bank?
Mary: Now. why don't you make a deposit at Infidelity Bank?
Is it like opening a bank account?
And a new hair band will hardly break the bank.
Once upon a time, I had a really good job auditing bank accounts.
They said they'd kill her if I didn't make the evidence go away, so I changed my story, said I made a mistake, and dummied up some phony bank ledgers.
Returned home briefly before making a stop at the Radford Bank in Adams Morgan.
Take it to radford bank.
The police prove incapable of finding the least trace of the missing bank messenger.
The missing bank messenger!
His wife -- and first national bank.
Bank Employee Suspected of Murder.
We have just learnt, that a bank employee, Egon Stirner, was arrested for the murder of Lia Leid, while preparing his escape.
That shouldn't be a problem. My eldest son David, who runs our bank, can help you.
A poor and shy young man was going to work in a bank.
The bank manager.
Miss, take some change out of my pocket. I can't reach my piggy bank.
What's the capital of the Chase National Bank?
I make 75 bucks a week, and I got 847 bucks in the bank.
Still 4ooo in the bank.
Union National Bank.
Dickson will ruin this bank if we don't stop him.
Someday he'll get a hunch and give the bank away.
A boy who should be in jail, handling the bank's cash.
Guess we'll just have to sacrifice the bank, that's all.
After I finished helping to give out breakfast in the morning, I'm currently a volunteer at a bank. I'm doing very well now, so don't worry.
This. what is it? It was given to the Royal Family bank for safekeeping, it's the guard's personal treasury.
NOW IT FEELS LIKE A REAL BANK.
Take it to Radford Bank.
We have just learnt, that a bank employee, Egon Stirner was arrested for the murder of Lia Leid, while preparing his escape.
When Ola reached the other river bank there wa a suprise. in store for him.
At the bank where Yoshiki and his friend Yukichi Sakuma work.
You're the fella that almost broke the bank at Monte Carlo.
You'll be backing up that truck of yours at the bank every day.
Louisville bound with a bank roll big enough to choke a cow.
Who are you after, a bank robber?
How much is left in the bank?

News and current affairs

If you are a high-net-worth investor, a sovereign wealth fund, or a central bank, it makes perfect sense to hold a modest proportion of your portfolio in gold as a hedge against extreme events.
But the Bank does not yet have sufficient funds to meet these countries' urgent needs, and has had to ration assistance to a small fraction of the flows that could be effectively and reliably used.
Otherwise, bank runs and debt panics will be rampant.
The US offered various sweeteners to induce Israel to freeze its West Bank settlement construction for another 90 days.
And, over time, Israeli settler disengagement from the West Bank and East Jerusalem has become just as impossible as any attempt by Israel to expel its remaining Arabs.
The European Central Bank's vehement opposition to what is essential to all capitalist economies - the restructuring of failed or insolvent entities' debt - is evidence of the continuing fragility of the Western banking system.
As one scientist friend puts it: if you are driving on a mountain road, approaching a cliff, in a car whose brakes may fail, and a fog bank rolls in, should you drive more or less cautiously?
The purpose of the ECB's measures was to re-establish confidence and bring about a recovery of the inter-bank market.
In 2014, China's currency ranked seventh in global central-bank reserves, eighth in international bond issuance, and 11th in global currency trading.
The European Central Bank, fixated on inflation, will be slow to lower interest rates, and the European Stability Pact will make it impossible for fiscal policy to offset these weaknesses.
Last winter, America's central bank - the Federal Reserve - was busy patting itself on the back.
Implementing a Marshall Plan-type initiative by mobilizing EU budget resources and additional lending by the European Investment Bank to finance investments in weaker countries could be an alternative, but it lacks political support.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's announcement that he plans to dismantle Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, as well as some settlements in the West Bank, has shocked and caught people off guard both in Israel and around the world.
For them, the territories are part of the Jewish patrimony, which is why they insist on referring to the West Bank by its Hebrew historical appellation - Judea and Samaria.
At their June summit, Europe's leaders finally recognized the need to rectify this situation, transferring responsibility for banking supervision in the eurozone to the European Central Bank.
Consider the case of a bank headquartered in Italy, but with an important subsidiary in Germany.
The parent bank would like to use these funds to reinforce the group's liquidity.
Economic (and political) logic requires that the eurozone will soon also need a common bank rescue fund.
These countries have appealed to the World Bank for financing, and the Bank made a valiant effort in 2008 to help through its new Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFCRP).
Israeli Jews are bound to stay in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and Israeli Arabs are bound to stay in Israel proper.
It could also have been the basis of a confederal state, whose Palestinian part would have benefited from the West Bank settlers' productivity and taxes.
The Japan Investment Bank's decision to invest in port development in Burma - essential if the economy, too, is to be opened - is one positive sign that the world will keep pace with Thein Sein step for step.
For them, given Israel's narrow and vulnerable geographic shape and continuing Arab enmity, controlling the West Bank and Gaza is not an ideological imperative, but is driven by security considerations.
The campaign to forgive Africa's debt was, on the other hand, focused on the crushing debt load owed by African countries to the IMF and the World Bank, who only have money to worry about.
As a result, these countries were left with no choice but to subcontract their development to the IMF and World Bank.
If Europe - particularly the European Central Bank - were to borrow, and re-lend the proceeds, the costs of servicing Europe's debt would fall, creating room for the kinds of expenditure that would promote growth and employment.
There are already institutions within Europe, such as the European Investment Bank, that could help finance needed investments in the cash-starved economies.

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